I just got this, with the question: Would you join President Trump’s Social Media?
My favorite part of this is “Ask me anything.” I’m going for it.
Now that it’s been revealed that you tried to stage a coup to retain the presidency, how much time would you estimate will be required for treason charges to be filed?
Here’s a survey on patriotism being sent around by the NSRC, the National Republican Senate Committee.
I would have thought that recognizing America’s shortcomings and trying to improve the nation in these areas is far more important than establishing one’s patriotism. (more…)
Well, let’s put it like this: Big Tech censors disinformation. If you’re a person with conservative opinions and you’re publishing bull****, that’s fine. If you want to say the election was stolen, the Earth is flat, treat the pandemic with bleach, or the vaccination is deadly, that’s going to go away.
The meme here came from a reader. My response:
Well, that’s precisely what 600+ people attempted on January 6th. Trump told them, without evidence, that the election was stolen, and they had to “go down to the Capitol” and “fight like hell” to get their country back. That’s what they did. And now they’re being charged with everything from unlawful entry to vandalism, assault, battery, conspiracy, sedition, and treason. They’re going to prison. (more…)
We often discuss the second law of thermodynamics here, as it’s the reason that perpetual motion machines are impossible. It’s why I summarily reject the business plan submissions I receive from frauds and/or crackpots. Anytime energy is transferred from one form to another, there are losses. Said differently, no process has 100% efficiency. (more…)
Question: What are the two most obvious problems with the logic in the meme here?
Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers.
Relevance: The logic used by anti-vaxxers isn’t too strong.
Does it comes as a shock that Mississippi leads the union in COVID-19 deaths per capita?
In many ways, it’s the perfect storm: perennially last in healthcare overall, close to the bottom in education, ferociously anti-science, and second only to West Virginia for lowest vaccination rate.
It really couldn’t have turned out any other way.
This is the first time I’ve come across the adjectival form of “Lucifer.” Usually it’s satanic, diabolical, or even Mephistophelian.
In any case, this is about as idiotic as it gets.
More on Rick Wiles here.
Commissioner of Broward County, Florida, Beam Furr, was one of my best friends in college (1973-1977).
I know what you’re thinking: Florida, really? Is he one of those anti-science jackasses, so commonly found in the Soon-to-be-Underwater state? No. Not only that, he’s an honest servant of the people, something rarely found in politics.
In particular, he’s very involved in environmental issues, especially climate change adaptation. Check out his statement above.
Those looking for a hopeful, upbeat prediction on our civilization’s capacity to head off climate change will want to skip this article, in which Tariq Fancy (pictured), BlackRock’s former chief investment officer for sustainable investing, says that ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance, aka sustainable) strategies are causing more harm that good re: climate change. That’s because:
• Most of them are essentially greenwashing. They fail miserably at getting anywhere near the environmentally therapeutic results they promise, and those responsible for assembling and marketing them are rarely if ever held accountable.
and
• They provide the false promise that the private sector can start to look at long-term returns at the expense of the short-term. He calls the products of the booming sustainable investing industry “dangerous placebos.”
All this is exacerbated by the shrinking size of government and its regulatory powers.
It’s reminiscent of the quote, which, paraphrased, is: The most dangerous belief about our environmental woes is that somebody else will fix them.
